Scientific Names Flashcards
Elderberry
Black-Sambucus nigra
Red- Sambucus pubens
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Gummy sap–its liquid amber sap that you stir as it flows
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Its fragrant—aromatic
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
It literally translates to smooth sumac
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Winged Sumac
Rhus copallinum
Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
Its radically toxic
Poison-Sumac
Toxicodendron vernix
Very bad, Nix touching that
Paw Paw
Asimina triloba
Hey papa, that’s a mine-a! Nice try!
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Thats some smooth ink
Meserve Blue Holly
Ilex x meserveae
Mountain Holly
Ilex mucronatus
Growing in mountain muck
Smooth Winterberry Holly
Ilex laevigata
Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata
Winter berries w no green-vert but ice is a lot-a
Devil’s Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Old devil needs a railing, that spine is a no so
False Willow
Baccharis halimifolia
You fraud! Get back here, i shall elliminate you
Gray/Speckled Alder
Alnus incana
Gray and older, age spot speckles, i never can allow it
Green Alder
Alnus viridis
Older but still very green
Hazel/Smooth Alder
Alnus serrulata
Black Birch
Betula lenta
Black beans and lentils
Dwarf White Birch
Betula minor
Gray Birch
Betula populifolia
Mountain White Birch
Betula cordifolia
Climbing the mountain w bungee cords
River Birch
Betula nigra
Swamp Birch
Betula pumila
Tundra Dwarf Birch
Betula glandulosa
White Birch
Betula papyrifera
Yellow Birch
Betula alleghaniensis
Musclewood/American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Beaked Hazelnut
Corylus cornuta
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Austrian hop beer
American Fly Honeysuckle
Lonicera canadensis
Flying high in Canada
Hairy Honeysuckle
Lonicera hirsuta
Snowberry
Symphoricacarpos albus
Snowberry blossom like edelweiss: a symphony formed…
Mountain Fly Honeysuckle
Lonicera villosa
Mountains, far from the village
Swamp Fly Honeysuckle
Lonicera oblongifolia
American Strawberry Bush
Euonymus americanus
Burningbush
Euonymus atropurpureus
Running Strawberry Bush
Euonymus obovatus
Alternate-leaf Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Dwarf Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Grayhounds race the most
Red-twig Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Red twig–see the red vine licorice
Roughleaf Dogwood
Cornus drummondii
Roundleaf Dogwood
Cornus rugosa
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Atlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Camo cypress, that’s tight–t-oi-tee
Common Juniper
Juniperus communis
Ligit common juniper